What Happened Today - 13 May 2026
What Happened Today – 13 May 2026
Iran War Update
China Visit
Medicare Enrollments for Hospice providers….nope
Inflation Rates
Australia backs out of Trump Tower
Shadow Hearing – Palm Beach/Epstein
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Iran War Update
here’s where we’re at with this whole Iran disaster, and spoiler alert—it’s not getting better. The ceasefire that Trump’s been clinging to like a security blanket is basically on “massive life support” according to his own words, and yet he’s still out here acting like everything’s fine. Yesterday, Hegseth and Caine got absolutely grilled on Capitol Hill about this entire mess, and even Lindsey Graham—who’s usually one of Trump’s biggest cheerleaders—completely lost it during the hearing. Graham was furious about reports that Pakistan, which is supposed to be this “neutral mediator,” might be letting Iranian aircraft park at their bases to hide from U.S. strikes. He literally shouted “I don’t trust Pakistan as far as I can throw them” and “No wonder this damn thing is going nowhere!” at Hegseth and Caine. So much for that bipartisan unity, right? Even Trump’s own party is done with this charade.
And then there’s Trump’s absolutely insane comment before he left for China yesterday. When reporters asked how much Americans’ financial struggles are motivating him to make a deal with Iran, he said—and I quote—“Not even a little bit” and “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation, I don’t think about anybody”. He went on to say the only thing that matters is stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons. Cool, cool, cool. Except here’s the thing: we are literally NO better off on that front than when this whole nightmare started. Last summer, Trump claimed he had “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities. He and Hegseth went around bragging that Iran’s nuclear program was destroyed, the White House even made a whole webpage calling anyone who questioned it “fake news”. But CNN and The New York Times reported back then that initial intelligence assessments showed the strikes hadn’t eliminated the core elements of Iran’s nuclear program—they’d only delayed it by months. And now, here we are in May 2026, with Trump’s own envoy Steve Witkoff saying Iran is about a week away from having enough material for a nuclear bomb. So yeah, the lies just keep piling up.
Meanwhile, the cost of this war is absolutely gutting our military readiness. We’ve burned through billions in ammunition and precision weapons—about half our stockpiles of some of our most expensive missiles are gone. The U.S. used roughly half of its long-range stealth missiles that were meant for a potential war with China, fired over 1,000 Tomahawk cruise missiles (about ten times the annual procurement rate), and deployed more than 1,200 Patriot interceptors at $4 million a pop. Defense analysts say it’ll take one to four years just to restock to pre-war levels. And you know what’s really rich? Hegseth had the audacity to tell lawmakers on Tuesday that he “takes issue” with the idea that munitions are depleted and insisted “we have plenty of what we need”. That’s some weapons-grade bullshit right there, because the Army is literally cutting training right now due to a budget shortfall of $4 to $6 billion. Major drivers of this crisis include costs from the Iran war and Trump’s border security theater. The III Armored Corps—which makes up nearly half the Army’s combat power—is getting its budget slashed by about 50%, and pilots’ flight hours are being cut to bare minimum mandatory levels. Internal documents warn that aviation units will deploy next year at a “lower state of readiness” and it’ll take a full year for units to regain “combat proficiency”. The Navy’s top admiral also said that if Congress doesn’t approve funding for the Iran war by July, they’ll have to start cutting training and operations too.
So let’s recap: Trump doesn’t care about Americans’ financial pain, the ceasefire is falling apart, Iran is apparently closer to a nuke than ever despite Trump’s claims of total obliteration, our weapons stockpiles are dangerously low, the Army and Navy are cutting essential training because there’s no money left, and we’re using million-dollar interceptors to shoot down thousand-dollar drones that have damaged our bases in the region anyway. Oh, and the war has cost somewhere between $28 billion and $35 billion so far—basically a billion dollars a day for 38 days of active combat. So. Much. Winning. I can barely contain my excitement.
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China Visit
Trump just touched down in China for his big summit with Xi Jinping, and of course he brought along a whole parade of billionaire CEOs—because why wouldn’t you, right?. The official delegation includes 16 executives whose combined net worth is nearly $1 trillion, which is just a totally normal thing to do while American families are struggling and our military is running out of money because of his stupid Iran war. The CEO lineup is basically a who’s who of corporate America desperate to kiss the ring and make deals after Trump absolutely torched their businesses with his disastrous tariff war last year. Here’s the full roster: Elon Musk from Tesla, Tim Cook from Apple, Larry Fink from BlackRock, Stephen Schwarzman from Blackstone, Kelly Ortberg from Boeing, Brian Sikes from Cargill, Jane Fraser from Citigroup, Jim Anderson from Coherent, H. Lawrence Culp Jr. from GE Aerospace, David Solomon from Goldman Sachs, Jacob Thaysen from Illumina, Michael Miebach from Mastercard, Dina Powell McCormick from Meta, Sanjay Mehrotra from Micron Technology, Cristiano Amon from Qualcomm, and Ryan McInerney from Visa. Jensen Huang from Nvidia was added to the list at the literal last minute on Tuesday, apparently because Trump decided the optics of leaving him out would be worse than the “awkward” political conversations his presence might create.
The whole point of dragging these people along is so Trump can negotiate deals for China to buy more American soybeans, beef, and Boeing aircraft—basically trying to clean up the mess he made last year when his tariff tantrum led China to retaliate by controlling rare earth minerals, which completely screwed over American companies until they reached a temporary ceasefire last October. Trump literally posted on Truth Social that his “first request” to Xi would be to “open up” China so these “brilliant people can work their magic”. Yeah, because nothing says “America First” like abandoning regular Americans who are drowning financially so billionaire CEOs can get richer in the Chinese market. These executives lead companies with massive business interests in China—Nvidia makes the AI chips everyone wants, Apple manufactures there, Boeing needs China to buy planes, and the financial firms want access to Chinese markets. They all got hammered when Trump’s trade war backfired, so now he’s playing cleanup crew in the middle of an actual war that he just told us yesterday he doesn’t care is destroying Americans’ wallets.
As for what we can expect out of this trip, the agenda is supposedly focused on trade deals, artificial intelligence cooperation, export controls, the Taiwan arms sales issue, and oh yeah, maybe some casual conversation about the Iran war that’s bleeding us dry. Analysts are predicting announcements about Chinese purchases of Boeing aircraft and agricultural products like soybeans and beef by the end of the summit—the classic “beans, beef, and Boeing” playbook. Trump also wants to establish a Board of Trade with China to address the trade imbalances between the two countries, which is hilarious considering he’s the one who created most of those imbalances with his idiotic tariff strategy. Taiwan is going to be a sticky issue since China is pissed about the $11 billion arms package the U.S. authorized back in December but hasn’t actually delivered yet. And in typical Trump fashion, he’s apparently planning to pitch some kind of trilateral nuclear arms agreement between the U.S., China, and Russia, because sure, let’s just throw that into the mix too. The White House is supposedly trying to “temper expectations” about massive new investments or deals, with officials emphasizing there’s “not a proposal out there for some massive investment” from China. But Trump posted that he expects “great things” to come from the summit, so who the hell knows what that actually means. The whole thing kicks off Thursday with a welcome ceremony, bilateral meetings, a visit to the Temple of Heaven where Chinese emperors used to pray for good harvests (super reassuring symbolism there), and a state banquet, with Trump scheduled to leave Friday after tea and a working lunch with Xi.
Trump is in Beijing with 16 billionaire CEOs worth nearly a trillion dollars combined, trying to negotiate deals to fix the trade disaster he created last year, all while telling Americans back home that he doesn’t give two shits about their financial situation because stopping Iran from getting nukes is all that matters—except we’re no closer to that goal and our military is broke. Meanwhile, these executives get to “work their magic” making themselves even richer in China while regular Americans foot the bill for this catastrophic Iran war. So much winning I can barely stand it.
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Medicare Enrollments for Hospice providers….nope
So of course, in perfect Trump administration fashion, right when American families are dealing with the absolute hardest moments of their lives—saying goodbye to their loved ones—the powers that be have decided this is the perfect time to throw another wrench into the works. CMS just announced yesterday a six-month nationwide moratorium on new hospice and home health agency providers enrolling in Medicare, all in the name of JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force crusade. Mehmet Oz, who’s running CMS now because apparently being a TV doctor qualifies you to oversee federal health programs, said they’ve seen “systemic and deeply troubling fraud” in the hospice space with “bad actors exploiting some of our most vulnerable Medicare patients”. So their solution? Freeze everything for six months, which gives them time to “intensify targeted investigations” and “deploy advanced data analytics” to root out the fraudsters. Never mind that this could absolutely screw over legitimate providers trying to serve areas where there’s a desperate need for more hospice capacity.
Here’s what this actually means for Americans who rely on Medicare. CMS has explicitly stated that this moratorium “will not impact current enrollments” and that “existing providers can continue to deliver services to Medicare beneficiaries”. So if someone is already enrolled with a hospice provider that’s currently participating in Medicare, their care should continue without interruption. The pause only applies to NEW providers trying to enroll in Medicare for the first time and certain changes in majority ownership that fraudsters use to hide who’s really running these operations. CMS also clarified that the moratorium “will not end or halt current enrollments from hospice patients”. So patients being admitted to hospice with existing Medicare-enrolled providers should be fine—the moratorium blocks new hospice companies from getting into the Medicare system, not new patients from enrolling with existing hospices.
But here’s where it gets absolutely terrifying for millions of Americans who depend on Medicare. If you’re on Medicare and you live in an area where hospice capacity is already stretched thin, and you need hospice care during these next six months, you might be completely screwed if the only available provider happens to be a new one that was in the process of enrolling in Medicare. State hospice associations in Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina wrote to CMS back in April expressing exactly this concern—that a national moratorium could “impede the development of new, legitimate hospice programs in areas where additional capacity is needed” and could “adversely affect access” for patients who desperately need care. There are parts of this country where there aren’t enough hospice providers to meet demand, and now those communities can’t get new providers for at least six months while the administration plays whack-a-mole with fraudsters. And let’s be real—this is the same Trump administration that suspended the Hospice Special Focus Program back in February 2025 to “further evaluate” it, which was literally designed to identify poorly-performing hospices and strengthen oversight. They killed a program meant to improve quality and crack down on bad actors, and now they’re acting like heroes for implementing this freeze.
So what does this mean in practical terms for America? If you’re a Medicare beneficiary who needs hospice care and the only provider available in your area is a new one trying to enroll, you’re out of luck—you’ll have to travel farther, wait longer, or potentially go without the comfort care you deserve at the end of your life. If you’re already enrolled with an existing Medicare-participating hospice, you should be okay, but given this administration’s track record of chaotic policy rollouts and zero follow-through, I wouldn’t exactly trust that there won’t be unintended consequences that screw people over anyway. And all of this is happening while Trump’s off in China making deals for billionaire CEOs worth nearly a trillion dollars combined, the military is running out of money because of his Iran war, and he’s literally on record saying he doesn’t think about Americans’ financial situations. The priorities here are absolutely crystal clear: protect the ultra-wealthy, blow billions on military misadventures, and when it comes time to actually help vulnerable Americans at the most difficult moments of their lives, just throw up a bunch of red tape and call it “fraud prevention.” The cruelty is the point, and the incompetence is just a bonus feature at this point.
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Inflation Rates
Let’s talk about the inflation disaster that Trump and his MAGA cult keep pretending doesn’t exist. The latest numbers came out yesterday and they’re absolutely brutal—inflation jumped to 3.8% for the 12 months ending in April, up from 3.3% in March, which is the highest it’s been in three years. That’s a full half-point jump in a single month, and it’s heading in completely the wrong direction. On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.9% in March, which was the largest single-month increase since June 2022, driven mostly by gas prices that skyrocketed 21.2%. And the Cleveland Federal Reserve’s inflation forecasting tool is predicting it’s going to get even worse—they’re projecting May inflation could hit 3.89%, which would mean inflation has increased by nearly 150 basis points over just three months. Economists at the Peterson Institute for International Economics are warning that inflation could exceed 4% by the end of 2026, driven by the lagged effects of tariffs, an exploding fiscal deficit that could hit 7% of GDP this year, a tighter labor market from Trump’s immigration crackdown, and inflation expectations that are drifting upward. So yeah, buckle up—it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
Has any of this opened MAGA’s eyes to how completely awful the economy is? Well, kind of, but not really. According to a YouGov poll from earlier this month, among MAGA Republicans—the ones who proudly call themselves MAGA supporters—only 20% say the economy is getting worse. That’s right, even with inflation surging and prices skyrocketing, 80% of the MAGA faithful are apparently either in denial or living in an alternate reality where everything’s fine. Meanwhile, Trump’s approval ratings on the economy have absolutely cratered across the board. His overall economic approval is at 34% according to Reuters/Ipsos, and when it comes specifically to handling inflation and the cost of living, it’s even worse—only 21% to 23% approve while a staggering 76% disapprove. Fox News polling, which you’d think would be generous to him, shows he’s at just 28% approval on inflation with 72% disapproving. A CNBC survey found his net approval rating on the economy fell to -21, the lowest of both his terms, with only 39% approving and 60% disapproving. Data journalist G. Elliott Morris said Trump’s approval rating on inflation is so historically low that he literally had to redo his graph to account for it because it broke the scale—his polling average on inflation sits at negative 40.3%. But here’s the thing: even with these catastrophic numbers, Trump stood in front of reporters and told an unhappy MAGA supporter last fall that prices were “already down” and “way down,” and the problem was just that Republicans weren’t talking about how affordable things are. The delusion is absolutely breathtaking.
As for whether we’re in or close to a recession, the short answer is: we’re teetering on the edge and all the warning signs are flashing red. We’re not officially in one yet, but analysts are placing recession probability between 30% and 40% over the next 12 months. Goldman Sachs raised their recession probability to 30% back in March. JPMorgan initially had recession odds at 60% but lowered them to 40% for 2025, though they’re warning that we could face a period of sub-par growth and that the Iran war’s oil supply disruptions could quickly push those odds back up. EY chief economist Gregory Daco warned that “US inflation could rise toward 5% while real GDP growth could be reduced by more than 1 percentage point, significantly heightening recession risks”. The Atlantic published a piece in March literally titled “The Economy’s Warning Light Is Flashing Yellow,” pointing out that the labor market is deteriorating, inflation is excessively high, and there’s a significant threat of an unprecedented oil crisis reminiscent of 1970s stagflation. In February, the U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs when forecasters expected a gain of 59,000, and job creation has turned negative in five out of the last nine months. Consumer credit card debt is skyrocketing as millions of families are using credit just to buy necessities like food, gas, and rent because wages haven’t kept up with inflation. Layoffs are quietly increasing across tech, media, finance, and retail in what experts are calling a “slow-motion layoff cycle”. The housing market has essentially entered its own recession with ongoing sales declines and sluggish construction. And about two-thirds of Americans believe the economy will enter a recession in the next 12 months.
Inflation is surging and expected to keep rising possibly to 5%, Trump’s approval on the economy is in the absolute toilet with roughly three-quarters of Americans disapproving of his handling of inflation, recession warning signs are everywhere with probabilities sitting at 30-40%, job growth has turned negative, consumer debt is exploding, layoffs are mounting, and the housing market is tanking. But sure, MAGA Republicans are mostly convinced everything’s fine because Trump told them so, even as he’s off in China making deals for billionaire CEOs while openly saying he doesn’t give two shits about Americans’ financial situations. The economy is a dumpster fire, most Americans can see it clearly, but the MAGA faithful would rather believe Dear Leader’s lies than their own bank accounts. It’s absolutely maddening.
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Australia backs out of Trump Tower
So here’s a beautiful little story that perfectly captures just how absolutely radioactive the Trump brand has become internationally. Plans for Australia’s first Trump Tower—a $1.5 billion, 91-story luxury hotel that was supposed to be the tallest building in Australia at 335 meters—have been completely scrapped just three months after the deal was announced. David Young, the CEO of Altus Property Group, the Australian developer behind the project, came right out and said it: “Let’s just say that with the situation in Iran and various other issues, the Trump brand has become increasingly toxic in Australia”. He added, “We realized some time ago that it was best to part ways”. The project details have been completely removed from the Trump Organization’s website, and Young said they’re moving forward with other luxury brand partners instead because “the project is still active,” just without the Trump name dragging it down like a cement block. Local residents and activists literally celebrated by cracking beers when the cancellation was announced—over 142,000 people had signed petitions opposing the tower, and a Yahoo poll showed 88% of nearly 3,000 respondents were against it. That’s how much people wanted nothing to do with Trump’s name on their skyline.
Of course, the Trump Organization couldn’t just take the L gracefully. Their spokesperson immediately started pointing fingers, claiming that Altus “failed to meet basic financial obligations” and that “after months of negotiations and empty promise after empty promise on a supposed $1.5 billion project, Altus Property Group was unable to meet the most basic financial obligation due upon the execution of the agreement”. They even had the audacity to say that “Mr. Young’s attempt to blame certain world events for our termination of the agreement is merely a ploy to distract from his own defaults and failures”. But here’s the thing—Young flat-out denied those claims, saying “This decision was not about failing to meet obligations” and that they have other luxury brand alternatives lined up. Even Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate, who met with Trump and Eric at Mar-a-Lago before the deal was announced, admitted that no development application was ever filed for the project and said the real issue was that “neither side was happy with their profit margins” and “it’s all about the money”. So yeah, the Trump Organization is trying to spin this as the developer’s fault, but the reality is pretty clear: the Trump brand is so absolutely toxic right now—thanks to the Iran war disaster, the economic chaos, and Trump’s general awfulness—that nobody wants to touch it with a ten-foot pole.
And honestly, I’d encourage anyone else with deals made with Trump, his sons, his family, or any of their grifting enterprises to pull out now while you still can. The writing is on the wall. The Trump brand is poison. International partners are running for the hills. Trump’s chaotic trade policies have wiped out nearly $10 trillion in market value and created panic for millions of investors. His tariff tantrums have generated so much uncertainty that businesses across the globe are refraining from making major investments because they have no reason to trust the Trump administration in negotiations. Countries are looking elsewhere for safer returns because the United States under Trump is seen as fundamentally unreliable. If Australia—a country that’s historically been one of our closest allies—is saying the Trump brand is too toxic to do business with, that should tell you everything you need to know.
But hey, worry not! If you were one of the 590,000 people who paid a $100 deposit to pre-order a Trump phone back in June 2025, rest assured—it’s “on the way”. Just kidding, you’re never getting that phone, and you’re not getting your money back either. The T1 gold smartphone was supposed to ship in August 2025, then December, then mid-March 2026, then April, and now the Trump Mobile website just vaguely says “later this year” with absolutely no projected release date. Trump Mobile collected an estimated $59 million in deposits from nearly 600,000 suckers who bought into the promise of a gold, Trump-branded “America-first” smartphone, and as of May 2026—eleven months later—no one has seen a single device. In fact, the company revised its terms and conditions in April to explicitly state that “there is no assurance that a device will be manufactured or available for sale” and that “estimated shipping dates, launch schedules, or projected production timelines are merely non-binding estimates”. Translation: you got scammed, and the Trump Organization has made it legally clear they have zero obligation to actually deliver what you paid for. The company announced back in November that refunds would not be issued, so those 590,000 people are just out their hundred bucks. One frustrated buyer posted a viral TikTok saying “Hey, Trump supporter here, I ordered three gold Trump phones during the summer” and still has nothing to show for it. This is the Trump family business model in a nutshell: take people’s money, make empty promises, deliver absolutely nothing, blame everyone else, and then move on to the next grift.
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Shadow Hearing – Palm Beach/Epstein
Yesterday was absolutely devastating and infuriating all at once. House Oversight Democrats held what they’re calling a “shadow hearing” in West Palm Beach, Florida—literally less than two miles from Jeffrey Epstein’s former mansion and right down the road from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago—where survivors of Epstein’s abuse finally got to testify and put their stories into the Congressional Record. Because this was a minority-party shadow hearing, the Republican members didn’t even bother to show up or participate, and witnesses weren’t compelled to testify under oath, but the survivors showed up anyway and told their truths. Led by Ranking Member Robert Garcia and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, the hearing was described as a “blueprint for accountability” as Democrats continue pushing for the full, unredacted release of the remaining Epstein files.
The testimony was absolutely gut-wrenching and damning on so many levels. Courtney Wild, who was abused by Epstein in his Palm Beach mansion when she was just 14 years old, told lawmakers “I came here today to ask for one simple thing: to make sure this never happens again”. A survivor named Roza testified that Epstein repeatedly assaulted her over a three-year period while he was under house arrest for molesting underage girls—yeah, you read that right, he was literally under house arrest and still abusing victims. She broke down crying as she explained that the DOJ’s inadequate redactions exposed her identity when she had been trying to remain anonymous as Jane Doe, saying “I woke up one day with my name mentioned over 500 times. While the rich and powerful remained protected by these actions, my name was exposed to the world”. Maria Farmer, another survivor who first reported Epstein to the FBI way back in 1996—thirty years ago—testified by video because she’d spent 23 of the past 30 nights in the hospital due to health issues stemming from the abuse, saying “The failures of those sworn to protect us overwhelms me”. Sky Roberts, the brother of Virginia Giuffre who tragically died by suicide in April 2025, read her deposition where she named other powerful men who abused her, and survivors wore butterfly pins in her honor. Virginia had given sworn testimony exposing “a global sex trafficking operation enabled, protected, and funded by powerful people,” according to her brother.
What came out of this hearing is absolutely damning. Survivors and their advocates made it crystal clear that there are 2.5 million pages of documents still allegedly being withheld by the DOJ. The files that have been released “name names” according to Lauren Hersh, founder of World Without Exploitation, and “they all require careful independent examination of investigative leads”. Yet the DOJ and FBI released a memo in July 2025 announcing the files were closed and claiming the government did not “uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties”. Survivors called bullshit on that immediately. Multiple witnesses demanded that the Epstein and Maxwell investigations be reopened “not partially, not quietly, but fully”. They hammered home the fact that Epstein got a sweetheart non-prosecution agreement in 2008 even though the government had evidence he was trafficking and abusing girls. Lawmakers also used the hearing to warn Trump against pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, who’s serving 20 years for helping Epstein traffic and abuse girls. Rep. Jasmine Crockett delivered an absolutely fiery statement accusing Trump of obstructing efforts to fully investigate the case. And here’s a particularly damning detail that came up: a newly released email shows Epstein wrote “of course Trump knew about the girls”. That’s on top of FBI documents released earlier this year showing that in 2006, Trump called the Palm Beach police chief who was investigating Epstein and said “Thank goodness you’re stopping him. Everyone has known he’s been doing this”. Trump told the police chief he’d kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago and that “people in New York knew he was disgusting,” and described Ghislaine Maxwell as Epstein’s “operative” who was “evil”. Yet in 2019 when Epstein was arrested, Trump told reporters “No I had no idea. I haven’t spoken to him in many, many years”. So yeah, the lies just keep piling up.
As for MAGA’s response? Crickets. Absolute silence. The Republicans on the House Oversight Committee didn’t participate in the hearing at all. Newsmax and other right-wing outlets dismissed it as “political theater”. The White House refused to confirm or comment on the 2006 Trump phone call to Palm Beach police about Epstein, though Karoline Leavitt said the details “align with Trump’s longstanding assertions that he severed ties with Epstein many years ago”. But here’s the thing: Democrats like Robert Garcia and Ayanna Pressley have been demanding action and transparency from day one, and they’ve been fighting to get enough Republicans to sign a discharge petition to force votes on releasing the full Epstein files. Garcia said at the hearing “If Republicans really are going to be focused on transparency and openness, they’re going to need to sign that petition” and called on Speaker Johnson—who was present at some point to hear victims—to encourage his members to sign it. But of course, the MAGA crowd doesn’t actually care about accountability or justice for these survivors. They don’t care that over a thousand women and girls were victimized. They don’t care that Trump’s name keeps coming up in connection with Epstein. They don’t care that the DOJ is sitting on millions of pages of documents that could expose powerful people. All they care about is protecting Trump and their own political power, so they just ignore it, call it political theater, and hope it goes away.
The entire hearing was a searing indictment of the institutional failures that allowed Epstein to operate for decades, the sweetheart deals that protected him and his powerful enablers, and the ongoing cover-up that’s keeping victims from getting full justice and transparency. Survivors literally begged Congress to make sure this never happens again, to hold the government accountable for endangering and injuring girls and young women, and to start telling the truth. But MAGA Republicans couldn’t even be bothered to show up and listen. They’re too busy protecting a president who admitted he knew Epstein was a predator back in 2006 but then lied about it in 2019. It’s absolutely disgusting, and it shows exactly where their priorities lie—and it’s sure as hell not with survivors of sexual abuse.
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Since I’ve started adding pictures to my daily write-ups, I guess I’ve attracted some MAGA attention, and now random MAGA types will pop into the comments to say brilliant things like “Sounds like liberal tears” or “Did you complain under Biden?” My guess is they’ll never actually read any of this—because words are hard, and their knee-jerk reactions just emphasize their complete inability to dig deeper and understand actual truths. But here’s the thing: I write this up every single day so people CAN understand the truth. I get it all the time—“this is too long, I didn’t read it” (TLDR). Well, my hope is that by putting the truth out there, laying out the facts and making it accessible, maybe—just maybe—it will open someone’s eyes. Maybe someone who’s been fed nothing but Fox News propaganda will actually read this and realize they’ve been lied to. Maybe someone who’s been on the fence will see the receipts and understand how catastrophic this administration really is. I’m not doing this for the MAGA cultists who’ve already decided that facts don’t matter and Trump can do no wrong—they’re a lost cause. I’m doing this for everyone else who deserves to know what’s actually happening in this country, who wants the truth laid out clearly without the spin and the gaslighting. So yeah, to the MAGA commenters who won’t even bother reading this far: enjoy your willful ignorance. The rest of us will be over here dealing with reality.
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